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60% of GCs weighing job search this year
In-house counsel compensation, including for general counsel, managing counsel and senior counsel, rose by an average of 2.8% in 2025, slower than the previous year’s increase of 4.4%, and perhaps unsurprisingly, about 60% of in-house counsel are considering a job search in the next year, according to newly released data from BarkerGilmore.
The executive search firm’s report, based on surveys with more than 2,700 people working in in-house counsel roles in the US, examined total compensation for corporate legal professionals across industries, organization type and revenue.
Though the survey was conducted in March before recent market upheaval related to the introduction of tariffs in the US, many legal professionals expressed concerns about job security. A combined 39% said they were either “very” or “somewhat” concerned about job security, an unexpected finding.
“Given the essential role of the legal function at most companies, and because our research was conducted before major disruption related to government restructuring or financial market volatility,…
